Skewer holder

Abstract

A holder for skewers is comprised of an upper array and a lower array of eyelets for receiving and retaining skewer shafts, a plurality of legs for supporting the upper and lower eyelet arrays and a plurality of support members for those arrays. Each of the upper and lower arrays can retain at least one skewer. The retained skewers are retained in an elevated orientation of approximately 60 degrees relative to the horizontal plane. The skewer holder is provided with at least three legs and can be constructed of wire. Alternatively, the skewer holder is provided with an upper circular thin plate, a lower circular thin plate and a plurality of legs. Through-holes in the upper and lower circular plates serve as eyelets for a skewer. The upper circular thin plate is wider than the lower plate. The retained skewers are retained in an elevated orientation of approximately 60 degrees.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A skewer system for cooking food comprising:
 a skewer holder having an upper plate defining upper holes and a lower plate defining a plurality of eyelet holes, the upper plate and the lower plate being concentric, and the lower plate having a plurality of tongues corresponding to and positioned below the plurality of eyelet holes, the plurality of tongues respectively defining a plurality of bends that respectively create a plurality of resting walls; 
 at least three support members interconnecting the upper plate and the lower plate, the support members each defining a leg that is adapted to engage a surface of a pan; and 
 a plurality of skewers removably insertable into the upper holes and the plurality of eyelet holes and configured to respectively rest against the plurality of resting walls to form a skewer fan, the skewers defining a frustoconical volume within the skewer fan. 
 
     
     
       2. The skewer system of  claim 1 , wherein the skewers are at an angle in a range between 45 degrees and 80 degrees from horizontal. 
     
     
       3. The skewer system of  claim 1 , wherein the skewers are at an angle of 45 degrees from horizontal. 
     
     
       4. The skewer system of  claim 1 , wherein the skewers are at an angle in a range between 45 degrees and 80 degrees from horizontal. 
     
     
       5. The skewer system of  claim 1 , wherein the skewers are at an angle of 60 degrees from horizontal. 
     
     
       6. A system for cooking food comprising:
 a skewer holder having an upper plate defining upper holes and a lower plate defining a plurality of eyelet holes, the upper plate and the lower plate being concentric, and the lower plate having a plurality of tongues corresponding to and positioned below the plurality of eyelet holes, the plurality of tongues respectively defining a plurality of bends that respectively create a plurality of resting walls; 
 a plurality of skewers removably insertable into the upper holes and the plurality of eyelet holes and configured to respectively rest against the plurality of resting walls to form a skewer fan, the skewers defining a frustoconical volume within the skewer fan; 
 and a pan configured to support the skewer holder such that a lower point of each of the plurality of skewers is elevated above a pan inner surface; and 
 at least three support members interconnecting the upper plate and the lower plate, the support members each defining a leg that is adapted to engage the inner surface of the pan. 
 
     
     
       7. The skewer system of  claim 1  wherein the support members define wires that are shaped to extend downwardly from the upper plate to the lower plate, and whence to the surface of the pan, then outward along the surface and are folded to extend upwardly and inwardly toward a center of the system. 
     
     
       8. The skewer system of  claim 7  wherein the support members are folded upwardly and inwardly inside walls of the pan. 
     
     
       9. The skewer system of  claim 6  wherein the support members define wires that are shaped to extend downwardly from the upper plate to the lower plate, and whence to the surface of the pan, then outward along the surface and are folded to extend upwardly and inwardly toward a center of the system. 
     
     
       10. The skewer system of  claim 9  wherein the support members are folded upwardly and inwardly inside walls of the pan.